Montaquila v. Cranford

Clark, Judge.

Does the 1971 statute reducing the exemption from *788suit of a deceased’s estate representative to six months from twelve months operate retroactively? That question arises in this appeal by plaintiffs below whose cases were dismissed upon a decision that the legislative reduction caused their claims for personal injuries to be barred by the two-year statute of limitation provided in Code § 3-1004.

On July 13, 1969, appellants sustained personal injuries while passengers in an automobile driven by Julian E. Cranford who subsequently died on January 25, 1971 before these suits were…